Category Archives: World

TOKYO - Let’s say you’re North Korea and you have this nuclear device you really want to test. And let’s say you’d rather some of the more sensitive details remain private. Phy...

BOSTON - Hundreds of Iranian students already accepted into U.S. graduate programs may not be able to come next fall because of the uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s proposed travel ba...

PEABODY, Mass. - A fire that knocked a Massachusetts city’s water treatment plant out of commission has been blamed on birds. Peabody Fire Lt. Chris Dowling tells The Salem News (http://bit.ly/2...

BEIRUT - Residents of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa live in terror, trapped as a massive human shield in the Islamic State’s de facto capital ahead of the final battle with U.S.-backed oppos...

LONDON - Britain will go it alone - turning its back on decades of integration to control its own borders and free itself from the European Union’s spider web of rules and regulations. It is a b...

BANGKOK - The former head of Thailand’s tourism promotion board was sentenced on Wednesday to 50 years in prison for accepting $1.8 million in bribes from two Hollywood producers to let them org...

BUCHAREST, Romania - Britain’s Prince Charles has arrived in Bucharest at the start of a nine-day tour to Romania, Italy and Austria that the British government hopes will reassure European Unio...

WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old woman described as “erratic and aggressive” drove a vehicle into a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser and was taken into custody Wednesday morning, a disruption that cl...

LOS ANGELES - Actress Emmy Rossum is thanking Los Angeles police amid reports of a jewelry heist at her home. The Los Angeles Times reports (http://lat.ms/2o6Oqar ) $150,000 worth of jewelry and other...

EASTON, Pa. - A judge has fined a Pennsylvania golf course $1,000 in its ongoing dispute with a couple who says errant balls are still hitting their property despite a previous court order. The (Allen...